And while the DOJ makes much of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, a measure of industry concentration that would leap if the merger goes through, a court victory will depend mostly on whose experts are more convincing.
Using an obscure formula called the Herfindahl-Hirschman (sounds like a craft beer) Index, the government fears that both Budweiser and Corona would be able to raise their prices in lockstep after a merger, thereby harming consumers.